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Carbon Integrity Claims

Voluntary carbon markets must have integrity. Integrity builds trust and confidence, and trust and confidence build scale. VCMI’s Carbon Integrity Claims empower companies to engage in the voluntary carbon market with confidence.

Under VCMI’s Claims Code of Practice, companies can now make Carbon Integrity Claims that demonstrate their use of high-quality carbon credits to accelerate the global net zero transition, above and beyond science-aligned emissions cuts.

Each Carbon Integrity Claim requires the purchase and retirement of high-quality carbon credits proportionate to its remaining emissions once a company has met, or demonstrated progress towards meeting, its near-term emission reduction targets.

Silver, Gold, and Platinum Carbon Integrity Claims recognize increasing levels of climate action.

Accelerating Global Net Zero with VCMI Carbon Integrity Claims

About Carbon Integrity Claims

The time for ambitious corporate climate leadership is now. To limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and avoid the worst effects of climate change, climate finance must increase five-fold annually. Companies have a vital role to play in scaling up private finance for climate action.

VCMI’s Claims Code of Practice provides rigorous, science-aligned guidance for organizations to make credible and transparent claims. Incorporating leading standards such as GHGP, SBTi, CDP, and ICVCM, and aligned with government guidance and international best practice, the Claims Code ensures integrity on the demand side of the market, meaning that companies use high –quality carbon credits in addition to – not instead of – decarbonization and can credibly communicate their climate leadership.

Why make a claim?

Carbon credits play a key role in net zero transitions. Carbon Integrity Claims provide the benchmark for best practice, demonstrating that a company is taking ambitious climate action by using high-quality credits in line with VCMI’s Claims Code of Practice.

High-integrity use of carbon credits can help mitigate not only physical climate risks but also reputational and legal risks amid a rising tide of climate litigation focused on unsubstantiated claims.

At the same time, Carbon Integrity Claims demonstrate climate leadership, which is increasingly important to attract, retain, and gain recognition from investors, clients, and employees. By making a Carbon Integrity Claim, companies communicate an authentic commitment to the planet.